Aurora · Licensed center
The Children's Academy & Childcare Center
- Medium center, licensed for 106 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state lists 3 visits below. Shortlist has not read the reports behind them, so there is no share of visits that cited something to set beside other providers yet.
State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood
- Last visit
- September 22, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since October 2023
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was September 22, 2025. Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish whether it was made.
- Most serious
- Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.
Colorado’s Department of Early Childhood lists each program’s complaints on its Colorado Shines page, with the department’s verdict on each and a report behind it, going back about three years. Older complaints are released only on request. The department does not rank complaints by severity in either place.
Sep 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · September 22, 2025
2.120.D · Correction due September 22, 2025
At the time of visit, reviewed 6 staff files, observed one file to be lacking an updated Trails.
Required correction: Immediately 9/22/2025, All staff members must have documentation of a Trails background checks. All individuals requiring background checks must review the Background Check Investigation Unit's {BIU) webpage powerpoints within 24 hours Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 10/13/2025. Correct by 09/22/2025
Sep 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · September 24, 2024
2.121.D · Correction due September 24, 2024
Reviewed 6 staff files. K. missing documentation of a successful CBI background check.
Required correction: Immediately review all staff files. All staff must have a successful CBI background check clearance letter available for review at all times. All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member K. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of the CBI clearance letter with a written statement of compliance by 10/24/2024. Correct by 09/24/2024
2.230.B · Correction due September 24, 2024
At the time of visit, in both Preschool 2 and Preschool 3, electrical cords for the classroom computers were dangling beneath the desks and were accessible to children creating a safety hazard. In Preschool 3, the electrical cord for the classroom music player was dangling from the outlet on the wall and was accessible to children, creating a safety hazard.
Required correction: Immediately, all indoor equipment and materials must be safe and free of hazards at all times. Corrected at time of visit, the classroom teachers secured the electrical cords bringing the facility into compliance. No response needed. Correct by 09/24/2024
Where this record comes from
The Department of Early Childhood keeps about three years of complaints on a program’s public page. Anything older is released only on request, as a single file covering the whole state. Shortlist asked for that file under the Colorado Open Records Act and renews it yearly; it is what this page shows for complaints older than the department’s own window.
The file this page is built from arrived on October 10, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in October 2027.
The department publishes a report for each of these visits. Shortlist has not read those reports yet, so this page shows when the state came and not what it found.
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Details
- Address
- 14551 E Tennessee Dr
- License
- 1536881, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 5
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Details
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
Medium means the middle half of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 10 to 40; large is 115 to 402.